The Start of Fall

As much as I love the lazy dog days of summer, I cannot wait to get started on breaking out sweatshirts, going on rides to see foliage, and sitting by a bonfire wrapped in a blanket. I took Mackenzie to Parlee Farms, a local orchard. They have blueberries, strawberries, peaches, apples, goats and chickens to feed, and fresh made honey, jams, butter and cream.

I actually got lost going there. It's in Tyngsboro but I somehow ended up in Dunstable. When all I saw was farms and cows, I knew I had made a wrong turn. I finally found it and Mackenzie wanted to nothing besides feed the goats. She was a little scared at first but they were really gentle. Then we went and picked some apples. She had a hard time pulling them off the trees so she picked the out, I pulled them down. About 4 apples became victims to our hunger before we left the orchard. 

We stopped in the farm stand and I bought honey, scones, strawberries, apples, and chocolate milk from Shaw Farm, another local farm in Dracut. Everything was so delicious. The only thing that didn't make it a real fall experience was the af==fact that it was about 80 degrees. But now that it is September, I have plenty of time :)